A historical collection of our writing.
This post is the second part in a series on the climate crisis (Part 1). Earlier this year I gave a talk titled Reasons for Optimism. In it I refer to the Fridays for Future movement started by the amazing Greta Thunberg as giving me hope. It is not just hope though, but also a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I no longer say “climate crisis” – instead I now call it what it is, the “climate crisis.” If you don’t think it is a crisis, I recommend the following readings. […] Read more
I no longer say “climate change” – instead I now call it what it is, the “climate crisis.” If you don’t think it is a crisis, I recommend the following readings. http://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdfhttps://www.pnas.org/content/115/33/8252 Both papers – in very different ways – make the same […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Here is a talk which I gave at the Rise of AI conference in Berlin earlier this year on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and the allocation of attention. It explicitly links what is happening online to the climate crisis. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMy colleague Dani sent me this chart last week: I believe this is more or less a proxy for smart wifi-enabled thermostats in the US. Those would be Nest, Honeywell Lyric, Hive thermostats and a lot of others too. Those are pretty big jumps from 6.5% to 8.9% to 11.4% given that people don’t generally […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I know several wonderful people involved with the process of creating new emoji and occasionally see them celebrating an addition. I understand the motivation for representing more people, such as the recent addition of interskintone couples. And yet, each time I cringe a bit – not about the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
